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Togli (whom t me'g/"clorhcern Beitknownjthat I, WILLIAM ILLiS,

" OfQrange, 1in the ,county of Franklin and State` of Massachusetts,have invented a new f`5anduseful Improvement in Apparatus for ExtractingSWIHPS", 0f` which the follcwlng II l( ence ,being had to the,accompanying drawto extract another; Fig`.2 represents `a sideelevationof thernachinethe position Aof. the

resents aside elevation of the machine with f the lstump raisedfonenefside bythe shears, i "and being drawnioutf with Lthe aid `of thetackleafter thesheaisfhave ceasedito `operi sentsvthevhookvin frorltvofthe, Shears which lirnits the action of `theydraft chain to the i'shears, and prevents it from acting upon the pulley 1blocks and tackleuntil after the shears haveperforrned their office as a toggle lever;Fig. 5, 'representsaview of the `guard hook i ter` fromfalling downgwhenthe front hook isdetached from the chain, and also to pref: vent thetackle `fromsuddenly slacking, and allowing thestump to return to thehole; and Fig. frepresentswan endview `ofzth'e clawsofthefcheckorguardhook.` e p l `Inthe` accompanying drawings A repre-`sents a levermounted upon wheels (B)`,and

j the team by which`^"itisoperated.. For draw` j `quire a longerleverfor afstrongerjtearn. i If the team is not increasedthelength offthe `i lever must bey'pas `there are certain limits within wliichitwillwnot answer to shorten the purchase lon account` of the ,amount ofslack necessaryjforhooking] andunhoo-king "5)0 hereafter 00 bldescribed.i i

` On the outer orsmaljlend of the lever, a hook (C) isplaced forltheteam" to be harnessed to. l`Theinner-pend of this lever is Istrengthened` by means of bars of iron (D) (155 and arow ofhookfs (E)`are secured to the lever so as to project at one side, while a link ais affull, *clears and; `exact description, refer- 3 ings, f which`,Inake part jgof this specification e a, g w csely the same way to ananchor stump and` iiFgurerlrepresentsvaplan 0f theiapparato the one itwas designed to withdraw the` tus ,anchoredltp one` stump, andcommencing lwpartslbeing the sarnexasin Fig.,1; Fig. 8 rep-y` same wayto both the stumps. (1G) as shown in the drawings is simply tied aroundthe anchorstump lowdown, while fthere is ya pair of shears standing overthestump to be'drawn, towhich the draft `chain is connected in suchmanner that the `pull upon the stump to be extracted is upward, andtoward the anchor stump,.and

20a ate efficiently as a togglelever, Figl repre-` fontherearofthe"shearstopreventthe lat-H The draft chain (I) `links (E) of thelever (A) alternately on y from tento fifty feet in lengthaceording tothe power toibe exerted, and thefstrength of` i `ing smallstumps`,fa"`flever` ofr tenfeethin l 40 `len "th,`and a heavyyokeffofoxen-would be` sufficient," while the largest;` stumps will rei The thechain or -links,`fthroughwhich the pur-1 i chaseisapplied tdthewstumpin-a inanner y ,NTEDSTAw-ENT OFFICE MODE or EXTBACTING simi/irs.

x( jespeciecatin sf Lettr's Patent ivo.` 12,496, dated Marcil e, 1855.

This link is the fulcrum on neet-s this link with a stump, tree, stake,grapple, or other `obje'ctthat will operate as an anchor and sustain thepull by which the stump to be extracted is drawn out ofthe ground. `:[fthe force was applied in pre- (F) in 1the middle of this row projects atthe .i other side. `which the lever is made to turn; and a cable chain`(Gr).` or other strong fastening conlatter would only be removed in caseit was l whileit isfmoved very slowly, the sum of the forces tending towithdraw it from the anchor stump has,l to resist.

ground, isat least tentinies that which the 's connected to the oppositesides of the fulcrum link (F) as shown in Fig. 1; and when the lever hasbeen turned in the direction of the arrow (a) `untilit is almostparallel with the draft .chainl the link (E) isconnected with `thechain, by `means of the link rod (J),

when the motion of the lever is reversed and repeating these movementsof the lever, .and

taking up the chain, the stump will be drawn out shown, by ene end tothelinks (J and K) of ltheflever` ,and its opposite end after passingover apulley (L) in the head (M) of a pair of shears (H) passesthrough akblock (N) and is connected'to a link (P) below "the head of the shears.The shears are placed over the stump with their feet a little beyond theside of the stump in the `direction in which it is to be overturned,

draft chain is connected, as has been l Gi connected to one of the mainroots of the stump by a chain (Q) and the hook (R) engaged with thedraft chain (I) in front of the shears, while the check or guard hook(S) is engaged with the chain in the rear, the slack of the chains beingtaken up before the hooks are applied. The lever is now put intooperation, when the taking -up of the chain will raise the shears asshown in Fig. 2, lifting the ystump with them. Vhen the shears have beenturned over toward the lever, until they occupy the position shown inFig. 3, they cease to act with any advantage upon the stump and as aheavy pull is still required in order to complete the eX- traction, itis usual to prop up the stump, slacken the chain, take a new purchasewith the shears, and repeat the operation thus described. This causes agreat deal of hard labor, and occupies much time, to save both of which,I have contrived the hook (R) which when the shears have reached thepoint shown in Fig. 3, I detach and turn back as shown in the drawing,when the tackle comes into play giving a sufficient increase of force tocomplete the pulling up of the stump, without stopping to unhitch andtake a new purchase. In this way the operation of extracting largestumps is greatly facilitated, and the labor and eX- pense diminished.

The hook (R) is made of iron, very strong, and jointed to the head ofthe shears which should also be made of metal and very strong in orderto sustain the pressure to which it is exposed, and to support thepulley (L) and hooks (R S). The guard hook (S) should also be made inthe form represented and be very strong.

The chains of the draft hook (R) are of such construction, that whenthey are engaged with the draft chain, the latter cannot move betweenthem either backward or forward, and the shears, hook and chain musttherefore move together.

The claws of the guard hook are of such shape that the chain by actingagainst the inclined rear side of them, will lift them up and moveforward without obstruction, but will be caught by the front sides ofthe jaws, and prevented from moving backward.

I do not propose to claim either the draft hook, the shears, or thepulley, by itself; as neither can of itself, nor can any two of them,perform the functions for which, after much thought and manyexperiments, I discovered that all three acting in connection, wereindispensable.

Having thus described my improvement in stump eXtractors, what I claimtherein as my invention, is-

The combination of the draft hook (R), shears (I-I), and pulley (N)substantally in the manner and forl the purpose herein set forth. f

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

w. w. wiLLIs.

Witnesses:

P. H. VVATsoN, F. Gr. DE FoN'rArNE.

